This Day in Rock Music History: May 10

1960: The Liverpool group the Beatals (sic) changed its name to the Silver Beatles. The group which included Stu Sutcliffe on bass and drummer Tommy Moore auditioned to be the backing group for Billy Fury.
1963: The Rolling Stones recorded their first songs, including their version of Chuck Berry's "Come On".

1964: Dusty Springfield made her television debut singing "I Only Want To Be With You" on the CBS program The Ed Sullivan Show.
1965: The Beatles recorded "Dizzie Miss Lizzy" and "Bad Boy".
1965: The Rolling Stones recorded part of "Satisfaction" at Chess Studios in Chicago.
1965: Radio stations had to choose between two 45's that were both released on this date--"I Can't Help Myself" by the Four Tops and "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds. Rarely in the Rock Era were two singles of that caliber released on the same date. (Radio stations chose both.)

1966: Janis Joplin is invited to San Francisco by her friend Chet Helms. Helms wanted her to audition for a group he was managing--Big Brother and the Holding Company.
1967: British police arrested Mick Jagger, Keith Richard and Brian Jones for various drug offenses.
1968: Jim Morrison, seeing what he thought was abuse of audience members by policemen, incited a riot at a Doors concert at the Chicago Coliseum.
1969: Tricia Nixon, daughter of United States President Richard Nixon, invited the Temptations and the Turtles to perform at a White House Ball.
1969: On the Threshold of a Dream by the Moody Blues reached #1 on the U.K. album chart.

Iron Butterfly had their first and only Top Ten album

1969: The Soundtrack to "Hair" by the Original Cast was #1 on the album chart for a third week, holding off the great debut from Blood, Sweat & Tears. Glen Campbell's Galveston was #3, Donovan's Greatest Hits came in fourth and Cloud Nine from the Temptations was #5. The rest of the Top Ten: Nashville Skyline from Bob Dylan, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly remained at 7, Help Yourself from Tom Jones was #8, CCR came in at #9 with Bayou Country and another Glen Campbell entry, Wichita Lineman closed the top ten.
1969: The Beatles scored one of the top debuts in rock history with "Get Back", which debuted at #10 on this date.
1972: Status Quo opened for Slade at Gt. George's Hall in Bradford, England.
1974: Eric Clapton recorded "I Shot the Sheriff".
1974: Led Zeppelin celebrated their new record label, Swan Song, with a dinner at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles.
1974: The Who sold out four shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City (80,000 tickets).
1975: "Old Days" by Chicago broke into the Top 40.
1975: Chicago VIII remained atop the album chart for a second week, with That's the Way of the World from Earth, Wind & Fire at #2. Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti fell to #3 in its ninth week on the chart, Have You Never Been Mellow from Olivia Newton-John was #4 and the posthumous release Crash Landing from Jimi Hendrix came in fifth. The rest of the Top Ten: The Soundtrack to "Funny Lady", the Soundtrack to Tommy at #7, Straight Shooter from Bad Company was eighth, An Evening With John Denver came in at #9 and Alice Cooper's Welcome To My Nightmare was #10.
1975: Apple Records, the record company owned by the Beatles, dissolved.
1975: Melissa Manchester first appeared on the chart with her single "Midnight Blue" on this date--5/10/75.
1975: Stevie Wonder performed a free concert at the Washington Monument for 125,000 people in Washington, D.C. as part of "Human Kindness Day" in the nation's capital.
1979: Bob Dylan recorded the great track "Precious Angel" along with "When You Gonna' Wake Up" and "Slow Train" for his upcoming album Slow Train Coming.

1980: "Call Me" by Blondie beat back the competition for #1, but "Ride Like the Wind" was #2 for the third week in a row. Air Supply remained at 3 with their first hit "Lost in Love", Billy Preston & Syreeta hung in at 4 "With You I'm Born Again" and Pink Floyd was stuck at 5 with "Another Brick in the Wall". The rest of the Top Ten: "Fire Lake" from Bob Seger, Billy Joel's "You May Be Right" at #7, "Sexy Eyes" from Dr. Hook at #8, "Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer", the collaboration from Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes, and Jimmy Ruffin's "Hold On To My Love" coming in at #10.
1985: The Go-Go's, the most popular self-contained all-girl group in music history to that time (writing songs and playing their own instruments) announced they were breaking up.
1986: Paul Simon was the guest on Saturday Night Live. He performed "You Can Call Me Al", "Graceland" and "Homeless" from his landmark Graceland album.
1986: The Pet Shop Boys moved up to #1 with "West End Girls", taking over the spot occupied by Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love". Whitney Houston was #3 with "Greatest Love Of All" and Van Halen came in fourth with "Why Can't This Be Love". The rest of the Top Ten: Janet Jackson's "What Have You Done For Me Lately" at #5, the Outfield with "Your Love", Phil Collins' hit "Take Me Home" at #7, the Miami Sound Machine moving into the top ten with "Bad Boy", "Harlem Shuffle" from the Rolling Stones tumbling to #9 and "If You Leave" at #10, giving Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark their first top ten.

1999: Shel Silverstein died of a heart attack at the age of 68 in Key West, Florida. Silverstein, who designed cartoons, wrote plays, poems and stories, also wrote songs such as "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" and "Sylvia's Mother" for Dr. Hook, "A Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash and "The Unicorn" for the Irish Rovers.
2000: Bobby Brown was arrested at Newark airport in New Jersey for violating his probation.
2000: Michael Bolton lost an appeal against a court ruling that he stole part of his 1991 song "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" from an Isley Brothers song.
2003: American Life by Madonna was the new #1 album.
2003: Paul McCartney performed a benefit concert in Rome, Italy. Proceeds went to Adopt-a-Minefield and to a restoration project for the Colosseum.
2004: Glen Campbell was sentenced to 10 days in jail for driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a car wreck the previous November in Phoenix.
2005: Seal married German supermodel Heidi Klum on a beach in Mexico near Seal's home on the Costa Careyes.
Barbican Centre in London in tribute to ex-frontman Syd Barrett, who had recently passed away.
2008: The Bee Gees were honored with a plaque that was placed at the former London home of Robert Stigwood, the ban'd long-time manager and producer.
2010: The Eagles played the second night at the General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia as part of the highly-successful Long Road Out Of Eden Tour.

Born This Day:

1938: Henry Fambrough (The Spinners)